Hanne Blank Quotes
We don't just want what we want because we want it; we want what we want because that's what we've learned to want.
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Because I'm in the public eye, I think that I would prefer to date someone regular who isn't in the news all the time, but I think even if you date someone regular, they'll still put it in the news.
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For a man of my generation, our century has been a long intellectual and political struggle in favor of freedom.
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I love Nelly. He's such a great performer. He's so hyper and so am I.
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I don't want to make games for 12-year-olds. I have no interest in that. I haven't been 12 in a long time.
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In Hollywood, you play a mom and instantly, you've got osteoporosis.
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Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.
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I feel like as you get older, the roles you get change, and you don't always want to do the same tone over and over again.
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Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really privy to the thoughts of God?
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Digital India is the only way for citizen empowerment, which can bring government transparency and accountability to citizens.
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If I still lived in Russia, I'd be dead... or a really effective oligarch.
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The mark of higher education isn't the knowledge you accumulate in your head. It's the skills you gain about how to learn.
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Nothing reinforces a professional relationship more than enjoying success with someone.
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One must know the so-called 'lesson of a downpour.' A man, caught in a sudden rain en route, dashes along the road not to get wet or drenched. Once one takes it for granted that in rain he naturally gets wet, he can be in a tranquil frame of mind even when soaked to the skin. This lesson applies to everything.
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I don't rehearse with my actors... the first rehearsal is the first time we turn the camera on... Sydney Pollack never rehearsed his actors, and I found out that's allowed... so you film reactions; you don't create them.
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Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.
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I thought if my son was now eighteen years old and he was tempted to join the fight and take the burden of protecting his family - because it's always tempting especially for young men - what would I do as a mother to stop him?
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I just want to be at peace with myself, personally and professionally. I want to lead my life the way I want to without having to worry about what the other person may be thinking. Professionally again, I would like to be able to just do films that I want to without having to explain my reasons to my friends, family and fans.
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I don't know, if somebody doesn't tell me how would I know?
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Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.
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You feel like you need to deal with a lot if you're from Cleveland, so you learn to let things roll off your back, and you learn that humor is the best way to deal with it.
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I met the Colonel when Elvis was recording some song I'd written for one of his movies. Elvis was just having fun with the gang and all the Memphis boys and Colonel Parker was sitting over here in like a theater seat.
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Turkey, a powerful and reliable ally of the U.S. through the Cold War, appears to be coming unmoored from Europe and the West and is becoming increasingly sectarian, autocratic, and nationalistic.
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We don't just want what we want because we want it; we want what we want because that's what we've learned to want.
